[Brilliant Commoner Female Strategist X Scheming, Noble Clan Powerbroker]
[Secret Identities] [Power Couple] [Sweet Romance] [Happy Ending] [Satisfying Revenge] [Both Pure] [No Transmigration or Rebirth]
The Chu family, a famous clan of generals who fought the northern barbarians and came from humble origins, is framed. The father and brothers are thrown in prison.
Disguised as a man, the strategist of the Yuzhou army, "Second Young Master Chu" Chu Ning, is wanted by imperial decree from the powerful minister Xie Guan.
In dire straits, Chu Ning saves a noblewoman of the Langya Wang clan who was attacked and left near death. They strike a deal: Chu Ning will borrow her identity to return to the capital and save her father and brothers, while avenging the noblewoman.
What Chu Ning never expected was that the noblewoman's unseen fiancé would turn out to be none other than the most distinguished young nobleman in the Yan dynasty, Xie Guan, the very man who's doing everything he can to capture her!
Isn't he trying to bring her in?
Then she'll use his fiancée's identity to make him escort her back to the capital himself!
She approaches him under a false identity, concealing her tells and carefully maneuvering at every turn.
Her only advantage is her understanding of Xie Guan, gained through years of contesting him from afar, and the Chu family's strategist's unfailing wit.
He presses her at every turn and tests her repeatedly, while she calmly counters every move.
He is full of suspicion, yet can't help falling for her.
The self-controlled heir of a noble clan loses control, gets jealous, and makes a fool of himself for the first time. He breaks his own rules again and again, all for her.
As they spend every day together, feelings blossom, but class divides them and they belong to opposing sides.
Chu Ning warns herself: It's all an act. Don't take it seriously!
The day her secret identity is exposed,
In the military tent, Xie Guan stares at "Second Young Master Chu" Chu Ning in full armor,
grabs her by the waist, eyes bloodshot and voice hoarse as he demands:
"Wife, do you have even the slightest bit of genuine affection for me?"
